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enElorza pledges `New Providence' in his Inaugural Addresshttp://ripr.org/post/elorza-pledges-new-providence-his-inaugural-address
<p>Mayor Jorge Elorza pledged to build a `New Providence’ &nbsp;amid an improving economy&nbsp; as he delivered his inaugural address this afternoon on the chilly, sun-splashed steps&nbsp; of Providence’s Beaux-Arts City Hall.</p><p>Elorza, the second consecutive mayor of Latino descent tied his immigrant family’s journey &nbsp;with Providence’s history as a welcoming city for generations of the newly arrived and emphasized the need for a new economic order.</p>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:08:37 +0000Scott MacKay44615 at http://ripr.orgNewport Historical Society Investing In City's Revolutionary Pasthttp://ripr.org/post/newport-historical-society-investing-citys-revolutionary-past
<p>The Newport Historical Society is working to attract more visitors by drawing more attention to the city’s revolutionary history. Historical Society director Ruth Taylor says they plan to revamp the historic Wanton-Lymon-Hazard house into a museum that brings Newport’s role in the American Revolution to life. Right now, said Taylor, places like Boston and Concord corner the revolutionary tourist market.</p><p></p><p>“They’re eating our lunch because really important things from the same period happened here. And it’s just less well known," said Taylor.</p>Mon, 12 May 2014 12:33:12 +0000Kristin Gourlay33435 at http://ripr.orgNewport Historical Society Investing In City's Revolutionary PastRI Archaeologists May Partner With Australians To Locate Capt. Cook's Endeavor http://ripr.org/post/ri-archaeologists-may-partner-australians-locate-capt-cooks-endeavor
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font style="font-size: 16pt">An Australian museum official will meet with Rhode Island archaeologists to discuss a way to partner in the search for the wreck of Capt. James Cook's ship Endeavor. </font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font style="font-size: 16pt">British explorer Capt. James Cook traveled on the ship Endeavor to the east coast of Australia in 1770, thus Australians consider Cook their founder and the Endeavor their founding ship. </font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:56:40 +0000Catherine Welch30208 at http://ripr.org